Abstract: A “passive” apparatus and method for isolating flow within a thermal wellbore wherein inflow apertures are plugged with a temporary fusible alloy plug that can be selectively removed by increasing the wellbore temperature.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 19, 2017
Date of Patent:
March 17, 2020
Assignees:
ConocoPhillips Company, Total E&P
Inventors:
Garret Madell, John Lowell Stalder, Jesse Stevenson